OpenWeather vs Atmos.Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenWeather
Get accurate, hyperlocal weather forecasts with a clean, minimalistic interface. Plan your day with hourly and daily predictions, precipitation alerts, and sunrise/sunset times. Customize units and enjoy an ad-free experience.
- Minute-precision precipitation alerts
- Hourly and daily forecasts
- Sunrise/Sunset times
- Customizable weather units
- Widgets for current weather and forecast
- Dark mode
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A scientific yet simple approach to weather forecast OpenWeather App is an ad-free & free-to-use application that will help you plan your time around the weather in a concise and minimalistic manner. Be aware of any precipitation within an hour with a minute precision or plan your activities for the next Sunday morning. OpenWeather App can tell you, which part of the day is going to have a clear sky and light breeze in your local area. Who uses OpenWeather? The data from OpenWeather is used by millions of developers and businesses worldwide. Most likely, you already see our data through your weather application. Now you can obtain your weather report from its inception, through OpenWeather App. 8 reasons to love OpenWeather App 1. Minimalistic design that gives you all the weather information you need including: Feels Like, wind speed; wind direction; atmospheric pressure; humidity; UV index and visibility; 2. Never get caught by rain or snow with the 60 minute chart that indicates any precipitation and it’s intensity in your area; 3. Hourly weather chart for the first 2 days and for every 3 hours in the following 6 days; 4. Expand any day of the week and get a visual chart on temperature and detailed weather information for the day, plus Sunset/Sunrise time; 5. Customisation feature for weather measurement units. Construct your own set of preferred measurements for temperature (°C/°F), distance (km/mi), precipitation (mm/in) and more; 6. Widgets for current weather and weather forecast for 4 hours; 7. Dark-mode; 8. Ad-free & free-to-use. Other features: - Add up to 6 cities to your favourites and get the accurate weather forecast for any location; - Is the weather different? - You can always tell us what the actual weather is in your location. The magic behind the OpenWeather App All the data for OpenWeather App is provided by One Call API™. OpenWeather aggregates and processes meteorological data from tens of thousands of weather stations, on-ground radars and satellites to bring their users accurate and actionable weather data. It also uses a powerful geocoder to provide the hyperlocal weather forecast for any place in the world for any location worldwide.
Atmos.Guide
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Atmos tells you what you're actually breathing — and what to do about it. Real air quality, from real stations Live AQI and pollutant readings from monitoring stations near you: PM2.5, PM10, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide. Every number is labelled with the station it came from, so you always know where the reading is measured. Measured the way your country measures it An AQI of 150 doesn't mean the same thing everywhere. Atmos follows your national standard — India (CPCB), China (HJ 633), Thailand (PCD), and the US EPA scale elsewhere — so the number matches what your own agency reports. Wildfire and smoke See active fires on a live map, drawn from NASA satellite detections, and get an alert when smoke is likely to reach your air. A plain-language guide explains what fire and smoke mean for what you're breathing, and tapping an alert opens the map at the fire. Pollen by species Grass, birch, alder, ragweed, mugwort and olive — tracked separately, with a 5-day outlook, because a high birch day and a high ragweed day are not the same problem. Species coverage is currently strongest across Europe. Weather worth trusting Forecasts from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, with a 5-day outlook, hourly detail inside any day, and sunrise, sunset and remaining daylight at a glance. Ask Atmos Ask a question in plain language — "can I run this evening?", "is it safe to open the windows?" — and get an answer grounded in the readings for your location right now. Every city you care about Follow the places that matter: home, work, family abroad. Each one keeps its own local time, its own national AQI scale, and its own forecast. Morning briefing An optional daily notification with the air, pollen and weather you'll meet today — and alerts when conditions change enough to matter. Privacy No tracking, no advertising, no selling your data. Location is used to fetch readings near you, and nothing else. Data sources: World Air Quality Index, MET Norway (Yr), Open-Meteo, Copernicus CAMS, and NASA FIRMS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Atmos.Guide at every 2 weeks against OpenWeather's every 6 weeks. OpenWeather's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OpenWeather ships an update every 6 weeks, Atmos.Guide every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenWeather | Atmos.Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (96 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OpenWeather Ltd. | Helm Sens AS |
Bugs and requests
OpenWeather
Reported bugs
11 issues- Settings hamburger icon not responding consistently
- Daily view hamburger icon malfunction
- Widget GPS auto-update not functioning
- iPad app location editing/reordering broken
- iOS 18 widget resizing issues on iPhone 12 mini
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- Visibility always shows 6.2 miles regardless of location
- Snow forecast shows rain inches instead of snow inches
- Temperature display 40-50 degrees lower than actual
- App defaults to Celsius without proper detection
- Widget color cannot be manually changed to dark mode
- Landscape orientation not supported on iPad
Requested features
15 requests- Apple Watch app with complications
- Weather radar/precipitation map
- Landscape mode for iPad
- Push notifications for severe weather alerts
- Lock screen widgets
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- Multiple language support (Spanish, French, German, Italian)
- Saved favorite locations with better management
- Snow depth reporting instead of water equivalent
- Dewpoint forecast data
- Hourly wind speed forecasts
- Better widget customization and appearance
- Zoom functionality for graphs
- Larger font size options
- Wind speed in knots option
- AQI (Air Quality Index) data
Atmos.Guide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OpenWeather
No in-app purchases
Atmos.Guide
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is OpenWeather free?
Is Atmos.Guide free?
Do OpenWeather or Atmos.Guide have ads?
Which is updated more often, OpenWeather or Atmos.Guide?
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